Essential Pittsburgh Archives
Summary: Essential Pittsburgh was a daily news and talk show hosted by Paul Guggenheimer and produced by 90.5 WESA until July 2016. It featured community leaders and newsmakers in the arts, sciences, technology, business, health care, government and education.
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Podcasts:
The No Child Left Behind Act has indeed been left behind. The 2002 Bush-era education law was replaced on Dec. 10 by the Every Student Succeeds Act. It...
This week the Pittsburgh City Council held a public hearing on a proposal to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana. We'll look at what...
The pace of budget negotiations between Governor Wolf and leaders in the GOP dominated legislature seems to be picking up. The two sides have been at...
Do you often think about throwing some things together and getting out of town on a moment’s notice? If so, the rallying cry of Carpe Diem, is this...
Embattled Attorney General Kathleen Kane faced the media yesterday.She addressed the charges connected to her alleged leak of secret grand jury...
The U. S. Department of Health and Human Services recently announced over three-million dollars in Affordable Care Act funding will be divided among 5...
The Keystone Crossroads initiative looks at the challenges facing cities in the commonwealth. Today, marks the beginning of the initiatives urban...
As the budget impasse grinds into its sixth week Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf says he is willing to compromise but not “compromise away our future.”“I...
Last May, Mayor Peduto led a delegation of Pittsburgh businesspersons to Cuba. The goal of the trip was to lay the groundwork to establish business...
Following the Jerry Sandusky child abuse scandal, members of the Pennsylvania legislature introduced a long list of bills intended to keep children...
Once the doors to Cuba opened, a couple of local college professors charged on through. Ralph Vituccio, an assistant teaching professor at the...
As President Obama works to convince Congress to accept the Iran Nuclear Deal, many agencies and foreign policy experts have weighed in with their...
Republicans in Congress have scheduled a vote for mid-September on a resolution to reject the Iran nuclear deal. Conservatives are using the August...
Montgomery County District Attorney Risa Vetri Ferman has announced criminal charges against Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane. Ferman has...
A century ago, two police officers from Pittsburgh decided they wanted better working conditions. They would go on to form the Fraternal Order of...
